Gaeilge
Irish
Alternative forms
- Gaedhealg (archaic)
- Gaedhilge (superseded)
- Gaedhlaing, Gaolainn, Gaoluinn, Gaelainn (Munster)
- Gaeilg, Gaeilic, Gaedhlag, Gaedhilg (Ulster)
Etymology
From Early Modern Irish Gaedhilge, the genitive of Gaedhealg, from Old Irish Goídelc.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)
- the Irish language
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 123:
- šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.
- conventional orthography: Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.
- He writes Irish very well.
- conventional orthography: Scríobhann sé an Ghaeilge go rí-mhaith.
- šḱŕīvn̥̄ šē n ʒēlǵə gə rī wȧ.
- any Goidelic language
Declension
Declension of Gaeilge
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (Irish language): Gaeilge na hÉireann
- (Modern Irish): Nua-Ghaeilge
Derived terms
Related terms
- Gaeilgeoireacht f (“(act of) speaking Irish”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Gaeilge | Ghaeilge | nGaeilge |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gaeilge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Goídelc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Gaeḋealg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 345
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gaeilge”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Gaeilge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Irish. Doublet of Gàidhlig.
Proper noun
Gaeilge f (genitive Gaeilge)
- the Irish language
- Synonym: Gàidhlig na h-Èireann
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Gaeilge | Ghaeilge |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Irish
- Scottish Gaelic doublets
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
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